Information about the Board members

Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin

President of Russian Railways

Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin

Born on June 30, 1948, in Melenki town, Vladimir Region.

Education

Graduated from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute in 1972.

Mr Yakunin began his career as a junior research scientist in the State Institute of Applied Chemistry. Following service in the Soviet Army, he worked as an engineer and then as a senior engineer of the Directorate of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Foreign Economic Relations, and as Chief of the Department of the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Professional career:

1985–1991 — diplomatic service (Second, then First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the USSR to the United Nations);
After 1991 — Chairman of the Board of CJSC International Centre for Business Cooperation; Head of the Northwest District Inspectorate of the Main Control Department of the President of Russian Federation;
From October 2000 — Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation;
From February 2002 — First Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation;
From October 2003 — First Vice-President of Russian Railways;
June 14, 2005 — appointed President of Russian Railways.

Vadim Nikolaevich Morozov

First Vice-President of Russian Railways

Vadim Nikolaevich Morozov

Born in 1954.

Education

Morozov graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Engineers in 1977 with a degree in Railway Operation. In 2009, he passed a professional training course at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, on the programme “Modern trends of railway transportation management”. He is a Doctor of Engineering Sciences.

Professional career:

1998 — elected Vice-Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region;
1998 — 1999 — First Deputy Head of South-East Railways and 2000-2002 — First Deputy Head of the Moscow Railways;
1999 — 2000 — Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation;
From February 2002 — First Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation;
From October 2003 — Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation;
From July 2004 — Executive Director of the non-state pension fund “BLAGOSOSTOYANIE”;
From August 2005 — First Vice-President of Russian Railways;
Mr Morozov is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Locomotive FC, Chairman of the Board of JSC Ulan Bator Railway, and Head of the Department of “Management of operational work and safety on transport” at the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering.

Alexandr Sergeyevich Misharin

First Vice-President of Russian Railways

Alexandr Sergeyevich Misharin

Born in 1959.

Education

Misharin graduated from the Urals State University of Railway Transport in 1981 with a degree in Electrification of Railway Transport and in 1997 with a degree in Economics and Business Management (Railway Transport). He is a PhD in Economics, and a Doctor of Engineering Sciences.

Professional career:

Misharin began his professional career in railway transportation in 1981 at Sverdlovsk railway, starting as an electrician and eventually becoming chief railway engineer;
He subsequently worked as Deputy Minister and then First Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation; as Head of the Sverdlovsk Railway; as Director of the Integrated Infrastructure Development Department of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation; as Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, and as Director of the Department of Industry and Infrastructure of the Government Staff of the Russian Federation;
From November 2009 — Governor of Sverdlovsk Region;
From December 2012 — First Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Valentin Aleksandrovich Gapanovich

Senior Vice-President of Russian Railways

Valentin Aleksandrovich Gapanovich

Born in 1955.

Education

Gapanovich graduated from the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers with a degree in Management of Transportation Processes on the Railways in 1992. In 1998, he undertook professional training at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation under programme “State governance of railway transport”, gaining a PhD in Engineering.

Professional career:

From January 1998 — Deputy Head of the West Siberian Railway;
From November 2000 — Chief Engineer of the Oktyabrskaya Railway;
From November 2003 — Vice-President of Russian Railways;
From June 2008 — Senior Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Vadim Valerievich Mikhaylov

Senior Vice-President of Russian Railways

Vadim Valerievich Mikhaylov

Born in 1969.

Education

Mikhaylov graduated from the State Financial Academy with a degree in Finance and Credit in 1992. He began his professional career at Arthur Andersen, where he moved from being an economist to Director of the Bank Audit Department.

Professional career:

From April 2003 — Director of Ernst & Young Business Consulting LLC;
From November 2003 — Cheif Executive Officer of Ernst & Young Business Consulting LLC;
From September 2009 — Senior Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Valery Ilyich Reshetnikov

Senior Vice-President of Russian Railways

Valery Ilyich Reshetnikov

Born in 1952.

Education

Reshetnikov graduated from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute in 1975 with a degree in Automated Control Systems.

Professional career:

1985 — 1987 — worked at the Trade Representation of the USSR in Norway;
1987 — 1998 — worked in commercial organisations in St. Petersburg;
1998 — 2001 — worked in executive positions at JSC (KB) Baltoneksim Bank;
From February 2002 — Head of the Department of Economic Security at the Ministry of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation;
From October 2003 — Head of the Safety and Security Department of Russian Railways;
From August 2004 — Advisor to the Cheif Executive Officer of JSC Severstaltrans;
From September 2005 — Advisor to the President of Russian Railways. From March 2007 — Vice-President of Russian Railways. From March 2010 — Senior Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Anatoly Anisimovich Krasnoschok

Senior Vice-President of Russian Railways

Anatoly Anisimovich Krasnoschok

Born in 1959.

Education

Krasnoschok graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Engineers in 1988 with a degree in “Management of transportation processes in railway transport” and a PhD in Economics.

Professional career:

From September 2002 — Deputy Head of Transportation of the Oktyabrskaya Railway;
From June 2004 — First Deputy Head of the Oktyabrskaya Railway and Chief Auditor of Train Traffic Safety;
From March 2005 — First Deputy Head of the Oktyabrskaya Railway;
From July 2008 — Head of the East-Siberian Railway;
From December 2011 — Vice-President of Russian Railways. From March 2013 — Senior Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Galina Vasilievna Kraft

Chief Accountant of Russian Railways

Galina Vasilievna Kraft

Born in 1950.

Education

Kraft graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Engineers in 1973, with a degree in Automation, Remote Control and Communication in Railway Transport and in 1983 with a doctorate in Economics and the Organisation of Railway Transport.

Professional career:

From July 2000 — Professor in the Department of Accounting and Auditing of the Petersburg State Transport University;
From May 2002 — Deputy Head of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation;
From August 2002 — Head of the Investment management office of FSUE “Directorate of Railways Ministry of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation”;
From October 2003 — Head of the Department of Investment Operations of Russian Railways;
From November 2003 — Vice-President of Russian Railways and Head of the Department of Investment Operations;
From August 2005 — Vice-President of Russian Railways;
From December 2005 — Chief Accountant of Russian Railways.

Anantoly Anatolievich Meshcheryakov

State Secretary — Vice-President of Russian Railways

Anantoly Anatolievich Meshcheryakov

Born in 1966.

Education

Meshcheryakov graduated from the Kiev Military Aviation Engineering Academy in 1988 with a degree in Aircraft Avionics and in 1998 from the Institute of Contemporary Business with a degree in Finance and Credit and a PhD in Engineering Sciences.

Professional career:

From January 2004 — Deputy Cheif Executive Officer of External Relations; Director of External Relations; Head of the Department of External Relations; Director of Human Resources and External Relations, First Deputy Cheif Executive Officer of CJSC Transmashholding;
From December 2011 — Chief Advisor to the President of Russian Railways;
From February 2012 — State Secretary and Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Mikhail Pavlovich Akulov

Vice-President of Russian Railways

Mikhail Pavlovich Akulov

Born in 1960.

Education

Akulov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineers in 1982 with a degree in Electrification of Railway Transport. In 1998 and 2000, he undertook professional training at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation under the programme “State governance of railway transport” and “State and corporate governance of railway transport in modern conditions”.

Professional career:

From May 1999 — First Deputy Head of the South-East Railway;
From December 2000 — Head of the South-East Railway;
From May 2002 — Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation;
From December 2003 — First Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation;
From March 2004 — Head of the Federal Agency for Rail Transport of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation;
From December 2005 — Vice-President of Russian Railways;
From July 2009 — Vice-President of Russian Railways and Cheif Executive Officer of the Federal Passenger Directorate;
From March 2013 — Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Oleg Yurievich Atkov

Vice-President of Russian Railways

Oleg Yurievich Atkov

Born in 1949.

Education

Atkov graduated from the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow Medical Institute in 1973 with a degree in General Medicine. He is a Doctor of Medicine, Professor, and Hero of the Soviet Union.

Professional career:

March 1984-May 1997 — cosmonaut-researcher of the USSR;
From May 2002 — Head of the Health Department of the Ministry of Railway Transport of Russia;
From October 2003 — Head of the Department of Medical Support for Russian Railways;
From August 2005 — Vice-President of Russian Railways;
Dr Atkov is Head of the Instrumental Diagnostic Methods Department of the Russian State Medical University, Chairman of the Commission on interoperability of the railway administrations of the Commonwealth in Health, Chairman of the Board of the all-Russian public organisation Russian Medical Association of Railway Transport, Chairman of the Board of the Trustees of the Russian Telemedicine Association, and Chairman of the Russian Railways delegation at the International Union of Railway Medical Services (MSMZS).

Salman Magomedrasulovich Babaev

Vice-President of Russian Railways

Salman Magomedrasulovich Babaev

Born in 1955.

Education

Babaev graduated from the Khabarovsk Institute of Railway Engineers in 1978 with a degree in Railway Operation.

Professional career:

From April 1997 — First Deputy Head of the Far-East Railway;
From June 1998 — Deputy Head of the North-Caucasian railway;
From June 1999 — Deputy Head of the Moscow Railway;
From February 2002 — Cheif Executive Officer of the Center of Premium Transport Services;
From November 2002 — Head of the Privolzhskaya Railway;
From November 2003 — Vice-President of Russian Railways and Cheif Executive Officer of the Centre for Premium Transport Services;
August 2005 — Vice-President of Russian Railways;
October 2007 — Cheif Executive Officer of Pervaya Gruzovaya Kompanya (JSC PGK) and Advisor to the President of Russian Railways, with combined duties;
March 2011 — Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Alexander Sergeyevich Bobreshov

Vice-President of Russian Railways

Alexander Sergeyevich Bobreshov

Born in 1965.

Education

Bobreshov graduated from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute in 1988 with a degree in Instrument Engineering.

Professional career:

1990-1995 — served in the bodies of the FSB of Russia and subsequently worked in executive positions for government and commercial organisations on issues of economic security and security activities;
From February 2004 — Deputy Head of the Security Department for of Russian Railways;
From July 2004 — Head of the Security Department of Russian Railways;
From August 2005 — Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Alexey Valerievich Vorotilkin

Vice-President of Russian Railways and Head of the Directorate of Traction

Alexey Valerievich Vorotilkin

Born in 1961.

Education

Vorotilkin graduated from the Irkutsk Institute of Railway Engineers in 1988 with a degree in Electrification of Railway Transport. In 2001 and 2009 he undertook professional training at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation under the programme “Modern trends of railway transportation management”, with a Doctor of Engineering Sciences.

Professional career:

From July 2001 — Deputy Head of the East-Siberian Railway;
From September 2005 — Head of the East-Siberian Railway;
From June 2008 — Vice-President of Russian Railways;
From February 2011 — Vice-President of Russian Railways — Head of the Directorate of Traction.

Aleksey Viktorovich Illarionov

Vice-President of Russian Railways

Aleksey Viktorovich Illarionov

Born in 1966.

Education

Illarionov graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in 1989 with a degree in Applied Informatics.

Professional career:

From November 2005 — Head of the Department of Corporate Informatisation;
From March 2007 — Head of the Department of Informatisation and Corporate Processes of Governance;
From March 2012 — Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Alksandr Vladimirovich Saltanov

Vice-President of Russian Railways

Alksandr Vladimirovich Saltanov

Born in 1946.

Education

Saltanov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1970 with a degree in International Relations. He is a specialist in international relations and an officer for Eastern countries.

Professional career:

From 1970 — diplomatic service;
From December 1992 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan;
From February 1999 — Director of the Department of Middle East and North Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia;
From October 2001 — Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation;
From May 2011 — Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Oleg Vilyamsovich Toni

Vice-President of Russian Railways

Oleg Vilyamsovich Toni

Born in 1964.

Education

Toni graduated from the Voronezh Civil Engineering Institute in 1986 with a degree in Industrial and Civil Construction and in 2003 from the North-West Academy of State Service with a degree in State and Municipal Government and a PhD in Economics.

Professional career:

From January 1997 — Cheif Executive Officer of CJSC Baltiyskaya Stroitelnaya Kompaniya No24, St. Petersburg;
From March 2000 — Cheif Executive Officer of CJSC Baltiyskaya Stroitelnaya Kompaniya (BSK), Moscow;
From February 2001 — Cheif Executive Officer of CJSC Baltiyskaya Stroitelnaya Kompaniya (M), Moscow;
From March 2004 — First Deputy Head, Head of the Capital Construction Department of Russian Railways;
From April 2006 — Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Aleksndr Vitalievich Tselko

Vice-President of Russian Railways

Aleksndr Vitalievich Tselko

Born in 1956.

Education

Tselko graduated from the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers in 1978 with a degree in Operation of Railways as a railway engineer. In 2000, he undertook professional training at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation under programme “State governing of railway transport”.

Professional career:

From June 1999 — Head of the West-Siberian Railway;
From November 1999 — Head of the South-Ural Railway;
From May 2000 — Deputy, First Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation;
From February 2002 — Head of the West-Siberian Railway;
From November 2012 — Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Shekvet Nurgalievich Shaidullin

Vice-President of Russian Railways — Head of the Traffic Safety Department

Shekvet Nurgalievich Shaidullin

Born in 1961.

Education

Shaidullin graduated from the Kuybyshev Institute of Railway Engineers in 1990 with a degree in Locomotive Maintenance Management. In 2000, he undertook professional training at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation under programme “State governing of railway transport”, with a PhD in Engineering Sciences.

Professional career:

From March 2001 — First Deputy Head of the Gorkovskaya Railway;
From September 2002 — Head of the Gorkovskaya Railway;
From May 2004 — Head of the Sverdlovskaya Railway, and from April 2007 — Advisor to the President of Russian Railways;
From December 2008 — Cheif Executive Officer of CJSC South Caucasus Railway;
From February 2012 — Head of the Kuybyshevskaya Railway;
From December 2012 — Vice-President of Russian Railways and Head of the Traffic Safety Department.

Dmitry Sergeyevich Shakhanov

Vice-President of Russian Railways

Dmitry Sergeyevich Shakhanov

Born in 1961.

Education

Shakhanov graduated from the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR in 1988 with a degree in Jurisprudence.

Professional career:

From 1979 until 1998 — service in bodies of Internal Affairs and then in different government and commercial organisations;
From November 1999 — Deputy Cheif Executive Officer of JSC Lenenergo;
From October 2005 — Deputy Cheif Executive Officer of JSC Territorial Generating Company No. 1;
From October 2006 — Deputy Director of “Roszheldorsnab”;
From November 2006 — Director of “Roszheldorsnab”;
From April 2009 — Vice-President of Russian Railways.

Vadim Ivanovich Bynkov

Head of the Legal Department of Russian Railways

Vadim Ivanovich Bynkov

Born in 1962.

Education

Bynkov graduated from Kalinin State University in 1985 with a degree in Jurisprudence.

Professional career:

From 1989 until 1993 — worked in bodies of the Prosecutor’s Office, Tver, and then at executive positions in commercial organisations;
From June 2002 — Head of the Legal Department of JSC Investment Group ALROSA;
From April 2004 — Lawyer at the Law Office of Bynkov V.I. of the Tver Regional Chamber of Lawyers;
From October 2005 — Head of the Legal Department of Russian Railways;
From December 2007 — State Secretary and Head of the Legal Department of Russian Railways;
From April 2009 — Head of the Legal Department of Russian Railways.

Olga Eduardovna Gnedkova

Head of the Corporate Finance Department of Russian Railways

Olga Eduardovna Gnedkova

Born in 1960.

Education

Gnedkova graduated from the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers in 1981 with a degree in Accounting and a PhD in Economics.

Professional career:

From May 2002 — Deputy Head of the Moscow Railway and Head of the Financial Service;
From September 2004 — Deputy Head of the Moscow Railway for Economics and Finance;
From November 2004 — Head of the Financial Administration Department of Russian Railways;
From September 2005 — Head of the Corporate Finance Department of Russian Railways.

Boris Moiseyevich Lapidus

Senior Advisor to the President of Russian Railways

Boris Moiseyevich Lapidus

Born in 1947.

Education

Lapidus graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Institute of Railway Engineers in 1973 and 1984 with degrees in the Electrification of Railway Transport and Economics and the Organisation of Railway Transport, with a doctorate in Economics. He is a professor and Honored Economist of the Russian Federation.

Professional career:

From January 1994 — Head of the Economics and Development Directorate of the Ministry of Railway Transport of Russia;
From June 1996 — Cheif Executive Officer of the Centre for Premium Transport Services at the Ministry of Railway Transport of Russia;
From March 1997 — Head and Executive Officer of the Economic Department of the Ministry of Railway Transport of Russia;
From October 2003 — Head of the Department of Economic Forecasting and Strategic Development of Russian Railways;
From November 2003 — Vice-President of Russian Railways;
From August 2005 — Senior Vice-President of Russian Railways;
From March 2010 — Cheif Executive Officer of the JSC Research Institute of Railway Transpor and Senior Advisor to the President of Russian Railways, with combined duties.

Vladimir Ivanovich Starostenko

Advisor to the President of Russian Railways

Advisor to the President of Russian Railways until 31.12.2013.

Vladimir Ivanovich Starostenko

Born in 1948.

Education

Starostenko graduated from the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers in 1975 with a degree in Railway Operation.

Professional career:

From June 199 — Head of the Kemerovskaya Railway;
From February 1997 — Head of the West-Siberian Railway;
From May 1999 — Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation;
From September 1999 — Head of the West-Siberian Railway;
From February 2002 — Head of the Moscow Railway;
From November 2009 — Advisor to the President of Russian Railways.

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